In the news

Bit of proper news for once:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/03/worlds-largest-gps-penis-traced-across-bannau-brycheiniog-for-charity

"Marketing Director"

That's a record that will take some beating.

Given enough of a bashing, someone will do it.

I’d have a go but stiff competition

It's an absolute outrage that in this day and age, young undergraduates are expected to pursue their studies without the absoslute guarantee that they will have their own motor car and be able to park where the fuck they like.

I'm with Elerli Davies - third year Sociology student:

being able to park a car is "key" for students

Student Union President - Deio Owen - however, comes over as a bit of a knob when he asserts that access to parking is of particular concern for certain activities such a 'shopping'.

Come on Kier, sort this shit out.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgvz412n4jo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/03/runes-prove-elfdalian-is-distinct-ancient-nordic-language-say-researchers

No, that was Brexit you utter, utter bastard

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I thought he ##kd off out of the country after shafting his uk staff.

We can hope.

The same James Dyson who owns 36,000 acres of farmland? Funny that isn’t mentioned in the article, presumably edited out for space reasons.

And the same James Dyson who moved his manufacturing offshore

He would be fucked if be tried to move it again- Singapore would not let him leave without significant payback.

Singapore manufacturing is tiny compared to Malaysia though. It’s just enough to enjoy the tax break.

Does he mean Singapore's economy?

I hope some other startup gets massive government funding for a UK based lithium battery manufacturing plant.

Why would we want to update our decades old understanding of the consequences of using nuclear weapons? Can understand why Russia voted against, but the UK and France?!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/04/uk-joins-russia-and-france-in-voting-against-un-nuclear-war-inquiry

He does R&D here and Singapore has provided him with a lot of engineers that he requested- quite literally trained them at the university for him, he’d get a big bill for their investment in him if he tried to leave.

Yay!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/04/decontamination-of-landfill-waste-leads-to-increase-in-toxic-chemicals-says-study

Monkey pox is in London! Three people at Guy's have it. It can very easily float out of the windows and spread, especially if it's on a high floor of Guy's tower. Don't be the last to stock up on toilet paper. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/04/two-more-uk-mpox-cases-found-in-household-contacts-of-first-case

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/05/north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine-war-kim-jong-un-putin

It could be worse, they could still be in North Korea

We live on a street with student HMOs
At one point they could all park on the street 5-6 students 5-6 cars per house

3-4 of those cars would be parked for the whole term. One stupid bastard had a hearse.

We now have a resident parking scheme 1 (+1) per house

Dibs hearse

One stupid bastard ABSOLUTE FUCKING LEGEND!!! had a hearse.

I used to see a carpet fitter on the Isle of Dogs who used a hearse for work.